Riyadh airport suspends operations after attack injures several people
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Saudi Arabia suspended operations at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Saturday after an attack injured several people, the country’s General Authority of Civil Aviation said.
The authority said the number of injured was still being assessed and that operations would remain suspended while officials examined damage and verified the safety of airport facilities. Witnesses reported an explosion at the domestic terminal and said travellers were evacuated from parts of the airport. More than a dozen ambulances were seen heading toward the facility.
A Saudi official told the Associated Press that a missile struck a passenger terminal, while a diplomatic source briefed on the incident attributed the attack to Yemen’s Houthi movement. The Houthis did not immediately claim responsibility for Saturday’s attack.
A source at a local hospital told AFP that dozens of people had been wounded, and a medical source told AFP that emergency-room doctors were called to hospitals across Riyadh. The precise number and condition of those injured were not officially confirmed.
Flights were diverted or cancelled following the attack. Kuwait Airways and several other Gulf carriers cancelled services, while flight-tracking data showed arrivals to Riyadh had been diverted or halted. Western embassies, including those of the United States, Canada, Germany and Spain, advised citizens to avoid the airport.
The airport has been attacked several times during the past week amid intensified fighting between the Houthis and Saudi-backed government forces in Yemen. Earlier Houthi strikes on Saudi airports this month killed several people and damaged a plane.
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WHAT THE EDITOR DID
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WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: The story contains a few attribution and detail issues that can be fixed while preserving the article. - "More than a dozen ambulances were seen heading toward the facility, Reuters reported.": The source material says BBC reported Reuters cited an eyewitness for ambulances rushing to the airport, while RTÉ says ambulances were seen rushing toward the airport; the story specifically credits Reuters, which is not directly provided as a source. - "A local medical source told AFP that dozens of people had been wounded and emergency-room doctors were called to hospitals across Riyadh.": The source material attributes the 'dozens' figure to a source at a local hospital, while a medical source told AFP that ER doctors were called to hospitals and injured people were being moved across Riyadh. - "Earlier Houthi strikes on Saudi airports this month killed several people and damaged aircraft.": The sources report earlier strikes killed people and damaged a plane or planes, not 'aircraft' generally; 'aircraft' could imply multiple aircraft and is unsupported.
THE DRAFT AND THE CHANGES
Riyadh airport suspends operations after attack injures several people
Saudi Arabia suspended operations at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Saturday after an attack injured several people, the country’s General Authority of Civil Aviation said.
The authority said the number of injured was still being assessed and that operations would remain suspended while officials examined damage and verified the safety of airport facilities. Witnesses reported an explosion at the domestic terminal and said travellers were evacuated from parts of the airport. More than a dozen ambulances were seen heading toward the facility, Reuters reported.facility.
A Saudi official told the Associated Press that a missile struck a passenger terminal, while a diplomatic source briefed on the incident attributed the attack to Yemen’s Houthi movement. The Houthis did not immediately claim responsibility for Saturday’s attack.
A source at a local medical sourcehospital told AFP that dozens of people had been woundedwounded, and a medical source told AFP that emergency-room doctors were called to hospitals across Riyadh. The precise number and condition of those injured were not officially confirmed.
Flights were diverted or cancelled following the attack. Kuwait Airways and several other Gulf carriers cancelled services, while flight-tracking data showed arrivals to Riyadh had been diverted or halted. Western embassies, including those of the United States, Canada, Germany and Spain, advised citizens to avoid the airport.
The airport has been attacked several times during the past week amid intensified fighting between the Houthis and Saudi-backed government forces in Yemen. Earlier Houthi strikes on Saudi airports this month killed several people and damaged aircraft.a plane.
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